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Electoral Uncertainty and the Volatility of International Capital Flows [PDF]
I study a small open economy in which elections affect and are affected by capital inflows. Two candidates, one favoring workers and another favoring entrepreneurs, run for office; the winner chooses taxes, which affect investment returns.
Roberto Chang
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider lived experience movement. The review engages with various approaches taken by Ross, in particular the book's focus on his own contributions to ...
Rod Earle
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Reeleição e política fiscal: um estudo dos efeitos da reeleição nos gastos públicos
Economia Aplicada, 2001 The paper analyses the relationship between fiscal policy and reelection opportunities at the level ofsubnational governments. The article first considers fiscal and electoral data from Brazilian states, which suggest that, when an incumbent governor ...
Fernando B. Meneguin +1 more
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Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance [PDF]
Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become politicians and ...
Ferraz, Claudio, Finan, Frederico
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Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market
International Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil [PDF]
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of ...
Assunção, Juliano J. +2 more
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Publications Catalogue 2006-07 [PDF]
, 2006 Lists publications produced by, or in association with, the Institute for the Study of the ...
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A Conversation With David Bellhouse
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
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Neuroticism Is Linked With Liberal Ideology in Young, but not Old, People in the United States
International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Polarization in the United States is partly due to a remarkable ideological divide between generations. Although substantial research has investigated why old people have become more conservative, less is known about why young people have become more liberal. The article investigates this by probing the role of neuroticism.
Francesco Rigoli
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Using municipal death registered Ministry of Health data and first-round electoral results of Presidential elections in 2018 and 2022, we evaluate the hypothesis if there is an association between excess mortality and political partisanship in Brazil.
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